Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faganaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

  • *faginaz, *fagenaz

Etymology

The past participle of *fehaną (to rejoice), lexicalized as a distinct adjective.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸɑ.ɣɑ.nɑz/

Adjective

*faganaz

  1. glad

Declension

Declension of *faganaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *faganaz *faganō *faganą, -atō *faganai *faganôz *faganō
accusative *fagananǭ *faganǭ *faganą, -atō *fagananz *faganōz *faganō
genitive *faganas, -is *faganaizōz *faganas, -is *faganaizǫ̂ *faganaizǫ̂ *faganaizǫ̂
dative *faganammai *faganaizōi *faganammai *faganaimaz *faganaimaz *faganaimaz
instrumental *fagananō *faganaizō *fagananō *faganaimiz *faganaimiz *faganaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *faganô *faganǭ *faganô *fagananiz *faganōniz *faganōnō
accusative *fagananų *faganōnų *faganô *fagananunz *faganōnunz *faganōnō
genitive *faganiniz *faganōniz *faganiniz *fagananǫ̂ *faganōnǫ̂ *fagananǫ̂
dative *faganini *faganōni *faganini *faganammaz *faganōmaz *faganammaz
instrumental *faganinē *faganōnē *faganinē *faganammiz *faganōmiz *faganammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *fagan
    • Old English: fæġen
      • Middle English: fain
        • English: fain
        • Scots: fain
    • Old Saxon: fagan, fagin
    • Old High German: fagin
  • Old Norse: feginn

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fehan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 133:*fagena-